Insights Manager

Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, AstraZeneca has been recognized as a Greater Toronto Area Top Employer for eight straight years. We pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation - ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week.Our head office and _BlueSky Hub_ in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.

Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

**Oncology at AstraZeneca**

Be part of fulfilling our ambition to be world leaders in Oncology. We are already the fastest growing team within AstraZeneca and across the industry, and there are countless new indications and targets in our innovative pipeline. We deliver this value through launch excellence, commercial effectiveness, and optimizing the lifecycle. With our commercialized portfolio, we are confident we can change the practice of medicine and redefine cancer treatment.

**Our Position**

At AstraZeneca, our Insights Managers are driven by their curiosity and their ability to shape strategy. We have fostered a culture of trust and engagement. As the Insights Manager, you provide an unbiased voice of the customer as it pertains to brands, competitors, changing landscape and customers (patients, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other HCP’s) needs and wants. Your outputs are critical for downstream commercial planning and help manage risk for the brand and the organization. You are the expert in brand competitive intelligence. You surprise and delight your internal customers by either figuring out answers to questions before they surface or finding new ways for insight generation. You are also critical partners in building the Market Insights function.

This role will report to the Franchise Head - Heme/GI and will have the following responsibilities:

- Uncover critical insights to better understand and impact the patient journey
- Critical contributing member of the Heme/GI franchise, providing significant leadership in the development of strategic plans
- Extract and generate insights through primary and secondary research leading to: First class strategic planning, brand planning, life cycle management (pre-NOC to LOE)
- Develop and manage a strategic research plan to solve for current and future insight gaps.
- Ensure a collaborative process between research partners and business partners.
- Develop and report on, business drivers and metrics, assess/highlight risks and opportunities, perform monthly brand reports.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to provide ongoing consultation and direction on complex issues.
- Collect and report Adverse Events in accordance with AstraZeneca policies and procedures
- Establishing strong global and regional partnerships to ensure Canadian influence in development of global insights work

**Key tasks**:

- Work with suppliers to deliver excellence in market research
- Ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget; must manage the budget assigned to each brand’s research plan.
- Conduct periodic situation analyses in preparation for strategic brand planning.
- Publish monthly brand reports to track performance metrics
- Conduct ad hoc analyses of primary and secondary data; draw vital information from internal data warehouse.
- Work collaboratively with the brand team to move forward the commercial agenda; use cross-functional experience and savviness

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Undergraduate degree in business and/or science. Post graduate degree preferable.
- Good understanding and prior experience with primary market research methodologies (qualitative & quantitative) is an asset
- Previous experience in conducting market research for Oncology brands/therapeutic areas is a significant asset
- Naturally curious and self-starter; drive and passion for market research
- Strong critical thinking and analytical skills
- Ability to extract big picture from details
- Excellent Microsoft office skills (Excel and PowerPoint)
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work and influence in a dynamic environment
- Highly motivated with extreme attention to detail
- Ability to handle multiple projects/requests at